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I guess they also pre-empted the loyalty card systems that supermarkets have.
I think I’ll start a rival ‘Brentford Nylons’ one....
The stamps were a pain in the arse, you’d spend a year or more religiously saving them for something only to then find you needed more cos they’d put the price up in the meantime.
It only costs us £100 a day as missus munckee spends all our cash on nothing.
Not so! I got a Parker pen and an encyclopaedia (both of which I still have) in 1976 - haven't got lung cancer yet.
(although I did give up smoking many years ago)
We had them on the family Mini
As I exited, I contemplated the dark rainy night and my steed before me and the words of Edgar Allen Poe came to me.
'Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared dream before'
Guess its better than leaving with free herpes from the toilets..
(Pictures found online - mine is tucked away on a shelf I can't reach due to guitar cases)
It was Regent.
The station owner had to order and pay for all the "free" giveaways.
Regarding Brooke Bond tea cards, I used to love those and still have every set in albums and loads of loose ones too.
My main collecting thing is pre-war cigarette cards of mainly actresses and bathing beauties, not old enough to remember them the first time round though!
Also, do you remember those big soup mugs with two handles and a recipe printed on the front? We had all of those too.
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